Samples & Related Artists

Dana Schutz

Dana Schutz (Born 1976) is active/lives in New York, Michigan.  Dana Schutz is known for Contemporary macabre narrative, distorted figure painting, open caskets.

"White Artist's Painting of Emmett Till at Whitney Biennial Draws Protests,"
by Randy Kennedy, March 21, 2017,
The New York Times, Art & Design section.

The open-coffin photographs of the mutilated body of Emmett Till, the teenager who was lynched by two white men in Mississippi in 1955, served as a catalyst for the civil rights movement and have remained an open wound in American society since they were first published in Jet magazine and The Chicago Defender at the urging of Till’s mother.

The images’ continuing power, more than 60 years later, to speak about race and violence is being demonstrated once again in protests that have arisen online and at the newly opened Whitney Biennial over the decision of a white artist, Dana Schutz, to make a painting based on the photographs.

An African-American artist, Parker Bright, has conducted peaceful protests in front of the painting since Friday, positioning himself, sometimes with a few   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 6963 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 169 auction lots for Dana Schutz (of which 129 auction records sold and 0 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 0 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 0 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Dana Schutz as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists Dana Schutz in 0 of its research Essays. Dana Schutz has 1 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Dana Schutz available:    Dan Colen,  Barnaby Furnas,  Richard Phillips,  Leon Kossoff,  Marlene Dumas,  Sterling Ruby,  Cecily Brown,  Martin Kippenberger,  Elizabeth Peyton,  Albert Oehlen,  Kelley Walker,  Tauba Auerbach,  Xiaogang Zhang,  Wade Guyton,  Jacob Kassay,  John Currin,  Jack Pierson,  Nate Lowman,  Gary Hume,  Lisa Yuskavage,  Christopher Wool,  Fang Lijun,  Mary Heilmann,  Paula Figueiroa Rego